Vibration damping means



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1941- A. H. R. FEDDEN ETAL 2,253,025

VIBRATION DAMPING MEANS Filed May 11, 19:59 2 Sheets-Shet 1 X m-J fl i W V i H Aug. 19, 1941. A. H

- frwalzw w (6 692 4315. Z'ZQUM/ Patented Aug. 19, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Q C '7 VIBRATll3ff-3ZiNi3MEANS I Alfred Hubert Roy Fedden and tol, England,

Frank Nixon, Briaaleignon to The Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited, Bristol, England, aBl-ltlah company Application May 11, 1939, Serial s... In Great Br tain July 1, 1m 7 Claims. (Cl. m l-261i This invention is for improvements in vibration damping means for air-cooled internal-com bustion engines. The cooling fins with which the cylinders of such engines are vibration whenthe engine is provided experience running and it has been found that such vibration may,'in certain circumstances, subject the fins to fatigue stresses so areat as to cause fracture.

According to the invention, an air-cooled intonal-combustion engine, comprises the combination with a'cooling fin of means for damping the said vibration, preferably comprises The said damping means a pad, block or sheet of resilient material engaging an outer part of the fin at one or more points along the fin-edge.

. Specific embodimentsof th invention will now bedescrlbed, by way of'example, as applied to the cylinder-head of an air-cooled. aircraft en- In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a' cylinder-head showing the invention applied to it,

, e 2 is aplan corresponding to Figure 1,

Figure 3 is anelevation, to an enlarged scale, I

of part of the cylinder-head showing an alterna- 1 tive arrangement for holding the'damping Dad in place.

substantially its entire surface with coolingfins.

Near the spigot-portion it the fins H are circular; higher up the fins II have straight edges and on the crown of the cylinder-head the fins it run from front to back.

In order to damp out the vibration above referred to the fins it are engaged by a moulded pad ll of resilient material, the pad being applied to the edges of a group of the fins where the vibration is most intense. The pad is in:- tegrally formed with projections which, as shown in Figure 1, penetrate the spaces between the fins by a short distance and engage the adjacent faces of the fins. I v as measured along the fin-edge, is preferably small, asshown in Figure 2, so that thefiow of cooling air is not materially obstructed.

Similar pads it and it may engage the sides of the cylinder-head each being formed with inte- As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the cylinder-head The wldthof the Did I'I,

II which engages the cylin- I gine. Alternatively, the bolt glne. For example, as shown in However, the shape of the damping pad will always be chosen accordingto the The pads 11, ls and 20 may be held in place by a suitable adhesive or cement. For example, the

pads are preferably her-like compound of hardness and which is not destroyed by the heat of the engine or attacked by oil or petrol. One such compound which has been found to satisfy these requirements is that known as Neoprene. A suitable adhesive or cement for fastening the pads in place is a solution of the same substance in a suitable solvent. Other materlals, or mixtures of them, may be used, or the pads may be like substance with suitable fillers so long as the resulting material has the required properties, specified above.

Where the pads are cemented to the cylinderhead in the manner above described, no special provision need be made to accommodate expandcomposed of a synthetic rubing or ccntractlngmovements of the cylinderhead with changes in temperature and the fins may penetrate to the roots of the spaces between adjacent projections It or II. However, in an alternative form of the invention, the pads may be supported from another fixed part of th en- Figure 3, the pad i1 is carried by a metal plate-l3 which is supported bya bolt 24 from the cowl surrounding the cylinders of a radial-cylinder aircraft en- 24 may be carried by any other fixed part. In like manner the pads II and it may be supported by metal plates or brackets from the inter-cylinder baiiies provided to guidethe cooling air into the desired paths around the cylinders. The metal plate 23 need not be secured to the pad but may be of springy metal and press lightly on the pad to hold it in place. When the pads are supported by a structural part, other than the engine cylinder, as

shown in Figure 3, it is necessary that the fins roots of the recesses between the projections II but that a small clearance II should be left, as

shown, to allow for the expansion of the cylinder withrespect to the fixed supporting part.

The excessive vibration above referred tois particularly pronounced in the case of the cylinder-head fins of an air-cooled aircraft engine.

which has a suitable degree- However, in some circumstances, the fins on the cylinder barrel may require damping in which case pads similar to the pads l9 and 20 could be applied to the cylinder barrel fins in a manner which will be obvious from the foregoing de- 'scription.

We claim: v

1. A finned'body comprising a plurality of cooling fins and a pad of resilient material held in contact with said fins, so as to damp their vibration, said material being supported by means independent of said finned body. g

2. A finned body comprising cooling fins, a vibration-damping pad held in contact with said fins by supporting means independent of the body of which the said fins form a part and integral projections from the pad shaped and "er ranged in relation to the fins that the tips of the fins penetrate the recesses between the said projections but do not penetrate to the roots of such recesses.

3. A finned bodycomprising cooling fins and a a vibration clamping pad of resilient material extending along a part of the length of at least one such fin and being cemented thereto.

aratcd by inter-fin spaces, a moulded pad of rubher-like material having spaced projections 4. A finned body comprising cooling fins seprelation to the fins that the tips of the fins penetrate the recesses between the said projections but do not penetrate to the roots of such recesses. 6. A finned body comprising cooling fins and a vibration damping pad of resilient material extending along a part or the length of at least one such fin.

I. A finned body comprising a plurality of cooling. fins and apad of resilient material in contact with said fins so as to damp their vibration, said material being cemented .to said finned body.

ALFRED HUBER/I ROY FEDDEN. FRANK NIXON. 

